Fire · Los Angeles + Orange County
Fire and smoke damage restoration
Fire cleanup, soot and smoke damage restoration, and the rebuild afterward, from one crew that answers the phone 24/7.
Smoke goes where the fire never did
A fire that burns one room can leave the whole house smelling and looking like it burned. Soot is fine and oily, and heat pushes it through return vents, along ceiling cavities and into closets behind closed doors. Smoke settles on walls, insulation, upholstery and the inside of cabinets long after the flames are out.
Karen B. described it plainly in her review: a mattress fire in one bedroom, and "a lot of smoke damage throughout the house." That's the usual pattern, and it's why the damage you see on the day of the fire is rarely the full list of what needs cleaning.
Wiping soot with a household cleaner often smears it deeper into paint and porous surfaces, and a smoke odor that's only been masked comes back on the first warm day. In a Pasadena bungalow or an Irvine townhouse, the job is the same: find how far the smoke traveled before deciding what gets cleaned and what gets replaced.
A soot-darkened kitchen with plastic sheeting over the doorway and an air scrubber on the floor
The walk-through, then soot and smoke cleanup
Every fire job starts with an assessment on foot. In Karen B.'s case, "Nick and Brad came and assessed the damage," and she wrote that they were "very professional and friendly putting me at ease about all the work that had to be done." A homeowner standing in a smoky house needs a clear list, in order, of what happens next. That walk-through is where it starts.
From there the work is fire cleanup and soot and smoke damage restoration: debris and unsalvageable material out, surfaces cleaned according to what they're made of, and the air and structure treated so the smell is removed instead of covered. Where water from the fire hose or sprinklers soaked the structure, water damage restoration drying runs alongside the cleanup.
We also run our jobs with what we call infectious control practices, and we'll say it the way our own site does: they place us apart from the competition. Smoke-damaged homes are not clean homes, and crews working in them should keep contamination from moving into rooms the fire never touched.
You can call (866) 731-0013 any hour, 24/7. In most cases we're at your door within the hour, because the sooner soot is dealt with, the less it etches into finishes and the less the odor sets.
From charred to rebuilt, and the insurance question
Cleanup is only half of a fire loss. Burned drywall, scorched cabinets and smoke-stained ceilings have to be repaired before the home feels like yours again. We handle that part too: drywall repair and painting for the walls and ceilings, and kitchen and bathroom remodeling, including after-damage remodeling, for the rooms the fire took the hardest. One company from the first walk-through to the last coat of paint means nobody has to explain the loss twice.
Many people ask us whether their insurance will cover a fire loss. Coverage depends entirely on your policy and your carrier, so call them early and read what you have. We don't promise what an insurer will pay. What we can do is document the work clearly so the claim has the paper trail it needs.
Homes and businesses both burn. If it's a shop or an office in Burbank, Long Beach or Anaheim, commercial restoration covers the same fire and smoke work with business downtime in mind. For a house, residential restoration runs the job from initial assessment through repair and reconstruction. And if you're not satisfied with the work we've done, we'll make it right.
24/7 emergency line, licensed and insured, and the rebuild handled by the same company. Call (866) 731-0013.